These stats don't reflect the player he's been this year. He's been absolutely wasteful and non-existent. I know there are only several games left this season, but he needs a downgrade in some areas, most notably shot accuracy. How does he deserve a spot for Euro2012?

Bit overdramatic mate, the European Championships are like a year and a half away! He's had an iffy season by his standards granted, but he's not been helped by injuries etc, not to mention the fact that he's often been second choice to Crouch as the one man up top. I think waiting till into next season before making any changes would be the fairest thing to do.

This season he's proven to be awfull in the sitautions where composure and a quick, relaxed reaction in the 6 yard box is all that's necessary to score a goal. (in fact, this seems to have been a theme the entire squad could be accused of). Someone mentioned it (and he's practically outed himself as well, in an interview) that he keeps hitting them with too much power, even when there's absolutely no need for it! This led to a bit of an emberrasing stint where he litteraly couldn't score 2-3 yards away from an empty goal...

On the other hand, he really likes taking pot-shots from distance (I'm REALLY surprised that "Long Ranger" - the behavioural version, was removed), and has scored a couple screamers over the years.

As Mandark mentioned above, it seems like a no-brainer to give him Long Ranger. Especially over the last year, he's been taking a large majority of shots from outside of the box. Infact, it's been his primary outlet for scoring during that time.